MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2011
U.S. Navy Memorial Auditorium, 701 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC
Besides an immersive day of presentation and instruction, you'll receive a printed booklet of notes and handouts and a link to download InDesign sample files containing Michael's set of default document styles that will get you started structuring efficient, flexible projects from square one.
Registration starts at 8:00 am
9:00 am - 10:15 am
We kick off by covering InDesign's text styles - character and paragraph styles, nested styles, nested line styles, GREP styles: what they are, what they do, and how to use them to reduce hours of work to a few simple clicks. You'll learn how to set up sequences of styles, change an entire document's look and feel my modifying only a handful of styles, create a set of adaptive character styles and build "smart paragraphs" with GREP styles.
10:15 am - 10:30 am Break
10:30 am - 12:00 noon
Before lunch, we'll pack in the other powerful styles beyond text. Learn how to make sense of InDesign's cryptic Table and Cell Styles, instantly format and modify frames (and the text inside them) with Object styles, use styles to generate dynamic running headers and footer, figure numbers, and tables of contents.
12:00 noon - 1:00 pm Lunch on your own
1:00 pm - 2:15 pm
By themselves, styles are among InDesign's most powerful features, but they're better when combined with other features. See how Word & Excel import, Find/Change, Cross-references, Hyperlinks, interactivity, and many other InDesign features are improved by and extend what you can accomplish with styles.
2:15 - 2:30 Break
2:30 - 4:00
We wrap up the day by leveraging styles for cross-media workflows by connecting them to Cascading Style Sheets for the web and EPUB, as well as tagged PDFs. Learn how new CS5.5 features like Export Tagging and the Articles panel allow you to quickly and easily convert your content for your digital publications and web sites.
4:00 - 4:30 Q&A
Michael Murphy is a veteran graphic designer and creator of The InDesigner video podcast. He is the author of Adobe InDesign CS4 Styles: How to Create Better, Faster Text and Layouts (Adobe Press, 2009), the Lynda.com video training course, InDesign CS4: Learning GREP, and co-author of Adobe Creative Suite CS5 Design Premium How-Tos (Adobe Press, 2010). Michael is also the creative director of Inbound Logistics magazine, a contributing writer for InDesign Magazine and CreativePro.com, an on-site trainer, classroom instructor, and speaker. You can read his blog and watch his podcasts at www.theindesigner.com, and view his design portfolio at www.vinestreetdesign.com.